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"Movie Magic" is rekindled with Monterey Movie Tours®

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Monterey, CA -- The crashing waves gnarled and white sand beaches that have lured visitors to the Monterey Peninsula for more than a century have also beckoned other kinds of sight seekers. Directors and cinematographers have been drawn to the spot since 1897, when a cameraman working for Thomas Edison shot the pounding Monterey surf and filmed carriages arriving at the posh Hotel Del Monte. Filmmakers from Cecil B. DeMille to Alfred Hitchcock have flocked here ever since, seeking the perfect backdrops for their shots.

Now, you can relive moments from your favorite movies on a three-hour Monterey Movie Tour. Scenes in nearly 200 movies have been filmed in Monterey County, as the dramatic beauty and diverse scenery of this area has attracted directors and movie stars from around the world.

On each Movie Tour you will follow in the stars' footsteps by traveling to many famous movie sites located in Monterey, Cannery Row, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach and Carmel.

As you relax in a luxury tour bus, you can watch scenes on overhead monitors at the exact location where they were filmed and hear behind the scenes stories about the making of the movies from your knowledgeable and friendly tour host, Doug Lumsden. Stops are make along the world famous 17-MILE DRIVE® at prime photo spots.

Such favorite films as Rebecca, National Velvet, Play Misty for Me, and Star Trek IV had scenes that were filmed in the Monterey area. At almost any scenic spot, whether it’s The Lone Cypress, Fisherman's Wharf, Garrapata Beach, or the farm fields of the Salinas Valley, you'll walk in the footsteps of the stars.

Stroll down Cannery Row and you'll trail Marilyn Monroe and Barbara Stanwyck in Clash by Night. Tout Carmel's Tor House and you'll visit Clint Eastwood's home in The Eiger Sanction. Motor along the 17-MILE DRIVE® and you'll follow the same scenic road as Doris Day in Julie, Troy Donahue in My Blood Runs Cold, and Rosalind Russell in Five Finger Exercise. Every corner of Monterey County, from Salinas and Carmel Valley to the former Fort Ord and the wilds of Big Sur, has had its turn on the silver screen and its brush with the stars. Parts of nearly 40 movies have been filmed at Point Lobos alone.

From 1916 to the 1950s, Point Lobos and other local spots bluffed their way through films, doubling for far-off or historical locales. However, as moviegoers became more sophisticated and well-traveled, directors allowed the county's scenic spots to play themselves, without disguise. But the temptation to use sleight of hand still draws filmmakers to the area. In recent years, local destinations have doubled for Marin County's Stinson Beach in Basic Instinct, Sausalito in Star Trek IV, Louisiana swampland in The Muppet Movie, and the 19th century Baltic coast in budget-movie-kind- Roger Corman's The Terror.

With such a rich history of movie making in the Monterey area, Monterey Movie Tours® is a "can't miss" for visitors coming to this area. It's an experience that will last you a lifetime. For reservations or information call 1-800-343-6437 or visit the website at www.montereymovietours.com.

Check available dates and buy tickets online. 
To purchase tickets by phone call Zerve at (800) 979-3370 or (212) 209-3370.
 

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Monterey Bay Scenic Tours, LLC, (parent company of Monterey Movie Tours®) holds a Public Performance Movie License that allows us to show productions onboard our luxury coach.  Movie Tours is the trademark of Movie Tours, Inc., a Hawaii Corp. Used by permission. Pebble Beach®, 17-Mile Drive® and the Lone Cypress^TM and their underlying distintive images are trademarks, service marks and trade dress of Pebble Beach Company. Used by Permission.

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